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Citation: On August 18, 2011 while reviewing HACCP
records for the weeks of August 1-12th, I found the following
noncompliances:

On 8/1/11 - SRM Identification and Removal Record, the lot numbers
are identified in the date carcasses are released for shipment,
instead of the date.[newline][newline]On 8/4/11 - SRM Identification
and Removal Record, for carcass #21WE5616 it is not documented yes
or no under "applied to the vertebrae column? CCP 2B."

On 8/11/11 - SRM Identification and Removal Record, there are no
initials in the last column.

Regulation:

417.4(a)(2)(iii) The review of records generated and maintained in
accordance with §417.5(a)(3) of this part.

417.5(a)(3) Records documenting the monitoring of CCP’s and their
critical limits, including the recording of actual times,
temperatures, or other quantifiable values, as prescribed in the
establishment’s HACCP plan; the calibration of process-monitoring
instruments; corrective actions, including all actions taken in
response to a deviation; verification procedures and results;
product code(s), product name or identity, or slaughter production
lot. Each of these records shall include the date the record was
made.

417.5(c) Prior to shipping product, the establishment shall review
the records associated with the production of that product,
documented in accordance with this section, to ensure completeness,
including the determination that all critical limits were met and,
if appropriate, corrective actions were taken, including the proper
disposition of product. Where practicable, this review shall be
conducted, dated, and signed by an individual who did not produce
the record(s), preferably by someone trained in accordance with
§417.7 of this part, or the responsible establishment official.